‘More than a third of advice agencies that have so far implemented charging for legal services appear to have done so sustainably, a survey of post-LASPO innovations has found.’
Legal Futures, 3rd February 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘There needs to be an independent review of the operation of the legal market to investigate whether the Legal Services Act 2007 is working and why fees have not fallen in the light of greater competition, the Lord Chief Justice said today [27 January].’
Legal Futures, 27th January 2015
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Legal aid firms and advice agencies are being encouraged to embrace new technologies to survive in the post-LASPO world. A new report by LV director David Gilmore and Matthew Howgate, following on from the 2014 Innovation in the delivery of legal services conference, provides examples of what firms and not-for-profit agencies are doing to survive in the wake of the legal aid cuts. The authors conclude that it is ‘impossible to see the LASPO cuts as anything but an absolute disaster’. However, they argue that across the advice sector there are ‘strong ideas’ emerging.’
LegalVoice, 26th January 2015
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘“Steps must be taken” to find out why the cost of legal services is increasing, despite the changed market and “great number of providers”, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas, has said.’
Legal Futures, 16th December 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘Following the recent publication of a report on litigants in person in private family law (reported here), the Lord Chancellor has commissioned a review of accessibility and affordability of legal services.’
LegalVoice, 10th December 2014
Source: www.legalvoice.org.uk
‘Even in a profession as traditional as law, technology is powerful enough to kill and create a range of roles.’
The Guardian, 25th November 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Anne Smallwood, family law barrister at No5 Chambers, recently gave a talk titled ‘Section 22 Z A – Getting Paid And M.P.S’ at the Family Money Talks Seminar 2014.’
No. 5 Chambers, 16th October 2014
Source: www.no5.com
‘In 2007, the UK Parliament passed the Legal Services Act (LSA), with the goal of liberalizing the market for legal services in England and Wales and encouraging more competition—in response to the governmentally commissioned ‘Clementi’ report finding the British legal market opaque, inflexible, overly complex, and insulated from innovation and competition.’
OUP Blog, 8th November 2014
Source: www.blog.oup.com
‘Lena Ahad explains how to market legal services more effectively in a digital world.’
New Law Journal, 23rd October 2014
Source: www.newlawjournal.co.uk
‘Attorney General speech to London Law Expos on the UK’s long commitment to the Rule of Law.’
Attorney General’s Office, 14th October 2014
Source: www.gov.uk/ago
‘The legal regulators should have full independence, and ‘approved regulator’ role of the Bar Council, Law Society and other professional bodies should be abolished, the chair of the Bar Standards Board (BSB) argued yesterday.’
Legal Futures, 15th October 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
‘The Legal Services Board (LSB) has attacked the “arbitrary nature” of the separate business rule used by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), and said the list of what is permitted and what is not is “confusing”.’
Legal Futures, 10th October 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
Speech by Lord Justice Gross: RAF Legal Services Conference (PDF)
RAF Legal Services Conference, 18th September 2014
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
‘The Legal Ombudsman (LeO) has introduced a policy for dealing with complaints about organisations which provide non-legal as well as legal services, such as some alternative business structures (ABSs) and, shortly, accountants who offer probate advice.’
Legal Futures, 19th September 2014
Source: www.legalfutures.co.uk
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